Hey Lawdy Mama (Asimov’s Robotics Laws) A while back an acquaintance posed the following question in Linkedin: “Why do you think these three laws for robots or AI failed for humans:“The first law is that a robot shall not harm a human, or by inaction allow a human to come to harm.The second law is that a robot shall obey any […] Read
Party On, Excellent (January 6, 2021 – Party or Insurrection)? If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s a dog (honesty test for congressfolk): I propose an integrity test for our 535 folks (435 US House of Representatives, 100 US Senators) Simple questions with responses limited to a binary answer, “Yes”, or “No”, that the 535 must each answer, and if […] Read
Can a Computer Program Exhibit Sentience? Well, first I would posit, having simulated electronic/computer chips, boards, systems, etc. (gate level and functional/behavioral) in my career (plus being a S/W engineer for decades), we can simulate LOTS (subatomic particles to metaverses to big bangs, etc.)! Now, WRT a particular program/system/bag-o-bits being characterized as sentient, it’s going to take more than one (or […] Read
Pedagogical Considerations WRT Female/Male Neuropsychological/Psychological Differences (The following topic I posed as a question while at a North Carolina Technology Association’s “Knowledge Workforce Counsel” panel on girls/women in STEM, hosted at an RTP hotel conference room, edited for brevity and clarity) “Given the fact that girls at age 7 become better at non-verbal communication compared to boys, as well as the […] Read
The meaning of life IS 42 (OK, 44?) At the risk of getting a bit technical, I propose my own theory as to why the meaning of life is “42”. Life is (at least to a degree) random. So, if you flip a coin heads = 1, tails = 0, some probability you would see a sequence, perhaps 1 0 1 0 1 […] Read
Don’t Poke a Bear Don’t Poke a Bear First, I love you all, we’re mankind, we share the same genes from the cesspool that started as primordial soup. OR, Adam and Eve were the Genesis of our species, or if you’re a believer of other deities, you’re bound to know more about that and I respect each of your […] Read
e-mistified by e-vils e-vading e-ther It’s been a while. I’ve been e-bombarded with e-attacks. Seems the e-rooskies, e-Chinese, e-al-Jbob, or just plain e-heretics have bombarded my blog, trying to login or wreak havoc in whatever e-way they can, quite the e-nuisance(tee hee hee). I’ve hardened/strengthened my passwords, but still often get emails from my e-provider regarding e-lowlifes trying to break […] Read
Heterogenous Computing While at IBM I (more appropriately we) originally posited this notion to one of their patent review boards and it was struck down as not being a viable patentable idea. However, within the next few months a multi-tens-o-million euro project was initiated by the European Union to do research and development on the very same […] Read
Were We Here Before (see Genes to Beans post)? As evidenced by all of the fossils, remains, anthropological evidence, and history that has been discovered and documented on life’s existence (amino acids to modern primates and what lysergic acid diethylamide could enlighten us to), there is ample evidence we have had a long path of evolution that gets me/us to the point I can […] Read
Genes to Beans (building on Cradle to Grave) We all know of the old adage “Cradle to Grave” which captures the notion of “extending throughout one’s life, from birth to death”. This also applies to other phenomena, such as a product’s life cycle, the proverbial cradle to grave which encompasses the origin of an product from it’s initial creation/instantiation through the discontinuation of […] Read
